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Bella Fisher is stuck in EXAM HELL – with only the promise of a weekend at the RebelRocks festival with her mates as a reward afterwards. OK, so she can’t actually afford a ticket and will have to work as a litter picker and toilet scrubber, but it’s still going to be epic: the best … Continue reading →

Their fantasy is her reality in this bright and uplifting contemporary coming-of-age novel by the acclaimed author of Breaking Sky and You Were Here. Iris Thorne wants to blaze her own path. That’s easier said than done when you’re the granddaughter of M. E. Thorne, famous author of the Elementia series, hailed as the feminist … Continue reading →

Jason is a former Marvel Comics’ staff writer who went on to live and work in Japan as an English teacher for five years. He returned to the UK and now lives in West London with his wife and five children. With a full-time day job, even he doesn’t know how he finds time to … Continue reading →

Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais A wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age roadtrip story – winner of France’s biggest prize for teen and YA fiction. Awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze trotters after a vote by their classmates on Facebook, Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are officially the three ugliest girls in their school, but does that mean … Continue reading →

Also I used to think it was ‘bloggervesary’… I mean is there a rule on how this celebration is supposed to be spelt? Anyhow, my blog is now 5 years (and 17 days) old. I completely missed my blogiversary last month and only just realised. Which even by my standards is quite a failing. I … Continue reading →

Cerrie Burnell is a much-loved presenter on Cbeebies. She was named in the Observer’s top ten children’s presenters and also featured in the Guardian’s 2011 list of 100 most inspirational women where she received praise for tackling disability head on. Cerrie divides her time between London and Manchester. Her bestselling picture books Snowflakes and Mermaid, illustrated by Laura … Continue reading →

The Map of Bones is the second book in a speculative trilogy set in a future where all children are born twins: one perfect and one deformed. A stunning exploration of human sacrifice and joint destiny… The Omega resistance has been brutally attacked, its members dead or in hiding. The Alpha Council’s plan for permanently … Continue reading →

Win 12 books & loads of bookish swag! So what exactly can you win? Well… Review Copies: signed copy of The Next Together by Lauren James Saint Death by Marcus Swedgwick Night Wanderers by C J Flood The Moonlight Dreamers by Siobhan Curham How Not To Disappear by Clare Furniss Replica by Jack Heath Gypsy … Continue reading →

…Yes you heard that right. Thanks to Harper Collins Children’s Books I’m giving away the complete Demon Road Trilogy! As if that wasn’t enough there are also some yummy American sweets (Reese’s & Twizzlers) wristbands AND a Desolation poster* in the box. To enter just click on the link HERE WIN The Demon Road Trilogy … Continue reading →

Leo the mouse isn’t like the other knights. While they like fighting, he’d rather read a book. Leo’s parents are keen to turn him into a proper knight, so they pack him off on a mission to tame a dragon. But Leo knows that books are mightier than swords, and he tames not just the … Continue reading →